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A. HAEGG.

BASE BALL GLOVE.

No. 461,218. Patented Oct. 13,1891. .12 M

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AUGUST HAEGG, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY IV. PRICE.

OF SAME PLACE.

BASE-BALL GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,218, dated October13, 1891.

Application filed November 5 1889. Serial No. 329,302. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, AUGUST HAEGG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of Vinnebago and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and.

useful Improvements in Catchers Gloves, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to construct a glove for the use ofbase-ball catchers in which sufficient padding is employed to properlyprotect the hands; also, the employment of a yielding guard extendingaround the ends and sides of the fingers.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of my improvedglove. Fig. 2 is a view of the back of the glove. Fig. 3 is a sectionthrough the glove,-showing its construction. Fig. 4 is a lengthwisesection of the glove.

In the game of base-ball the player known as the catcher is required tocatch very swiftly-thrown balls, and in consequence thereof oftentimesreceives severe bruises. Generally the fingers are broken or badly splitopen. Two different styles of gloves are employed, one being a paddedglove used to receive the thrown ball, and a short-fingered gloveleaving the fingers free to handle the ball.

My improvements relate to the padded glove, and in which I have designedto so construct it as will best save the hands from injuries.

In the manufacture of my glove I employ an ordinary glove of suitablematerial, consisting of the palm 1, fingers 2, and thumb ,3, stitchedtogether in the usual manner. An extra palm 4, with front 5 of the thumbin a single piece, is stitched over the palm and fingers of the gloove,and between which is placed a padding 6, of any suitable material. Theback of the thumb is also double, and the outer casing of the thumb islonger than the thumb proper of the glove, and between which is placed apadding 7 of felt or other suitable material. To the ends of the fingersis stitched a sack 8, of the form shown, and in are apt to be hit andseriously injured Therefore I have produced a yielding guard 11, in thisinstance of sole-leather, and incased in a covering 12, which isstitched to the end and sides of the fingers, as shown'at Figs. 3 and4:- This guard protects the ends of the fingers and is made yielding, soas to form an easy-fitting glove, and the shock on the ends of thefingers is relieved by the padding 9. The back of the glove has theusual fastening-strap 13 to secure the glove to the hand of the user.

A glove constructed as above described affords the best protection tothe hands of the user. The guard may be made of other ma ,terial thansole-leather and still be within the meaning of my invention, and mayextend only across the ends of the fingers. It is also evident that amitten might be employed instead of the glove without departing from thegist of my invention.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with a catchers glove ormitten of any well-known or improved construction, of the outer casingor covering of greater length and breadth than the said glove or mittenand secured thereto with its edges and a padding secured beneath saidcovering, an independent covering or sack secured to the. ends of thefingers of said glove or mitten, a padding within said sack, and ayielding guard inclosed in a pocket adjacent to the last-named padding,substantially as set forth.

AUGUST HAEGG.

Witnesses:

A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL.

